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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on July 23, 2023?

28 free events take place on Sunday, July 23 in New York City. Don't miss the opportunities that only New York provides! Exciting, high quality, unique and off the beaten path free events and free things to do take place in New York today, tonight, tomorrow and each day of the year, any time of the day: whether it's a weekday or a weekend, day or night, morning or evening or afternoon, December or July, April or November! These events will take your breath away!

New York City (NYC) never ceases to amaze you with quantity and quality of its free culture and free entertainment. Check out July 23 and see for yourself. Summer or Winter, Spring or Fall! Just click on any day of the calendar above and you'll find most inspiring and entertaining free events to go to and free things to do on each day of July . Don't miss the opportunities that only New York provides!

Some events take place all year long: same day of the week, same time there are there for you to take advantage of. One of the oldest free weekly events in Manhattan is Dixieland Jazz with the Gotham Jazzmen, which happen at noon every Tuesday. Another example of an event that you can attend all year round on weekdays is Federal Reserve Bank Tour, which takes place every week day at 1 pm (but advanced reservations are required). You can take at least 13 free tours every day of the year, except the New Year Day, July 4th, and the Christmas Day. If you are classical music afficionado, you can spend whole day in New York going from one free classical concert to another. If you love theater, then New York gives you an option to attend plays and musicals free of charge, or at deep discount. You just need to have information about it. And we are here to make that information available to you.
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28 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Sunday, July 23, 2023

All events are free unless otherwise noted.

Editor's Picks

free events nyc Brooklyn Waterfront Walk
free events nyc Historic Flatiron-Nomad District Walking Tour
free events nyc Chamber Music on the Water
free events nyc Laughter in the Park
free events nyc Brazilian Dance Music in the Park
free events nyc The School for Scandal: Classic Comedy in the Park
free events nyc Sunset Sounds on the Pier
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Workshop | Tai Chi Sunday


Silvana Pizzuti leads tai chi, a slow moving martial art with health benefits for all fitness levels.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 am
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Park Walk | Nature Walk in the Park


Learn about the park’s wildlife by joining knowledgeable naturalists on guided nature walks along the park’s esplanade. The park is home to many plant and animal species including over 100 species of birds. Peek into some of our gardens to discover butterflies, dragonflies and other interesting insects. Get to know the native plants that thrive in unexpected places in and around the River’s edge. Each Nature Walk is unique and offers a one-of-a-kind treasure hunt-like experience.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 am
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Tour | 13 Tours, All City Neighborhoods, Any Time Of The Day, Choose One Tour Or Many


These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows. SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO 3 Hour Lower Manhattan Harlem Chelsea and the High Line 6 Hour Downtown Combined Greenwich Village Central Park Lower Manhattan Midtown Manhattan Grand Central Terminal Graffiti and Street Art Tours World Trade Center
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Fair | Street Fair


Free fun for the whole family, including arts, crafts, antiques, plants, entertainment, games, and more.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Fair | Street Fair


Free fun for the whole family, including arts, crafts, antiques, plants, entertainment, games, and more.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Park Walk | Brooklyn Waterfront Walk


Docents leads a tour to learn about the history of the Brooklyn waterfront, the park's's sustainable design, and how the park came to life. Wear comfortable shoes, as these tours traverse the beautiful park landscape.
   New York City, NY; NYC
10:30 am
Free

Tour | Historic Flatiron-Nomad District Walking Tour


Join a professional guide on a 90-minute journey through this vibrant neighborhood, viewing some of the City's most notable landmarks, including the New York Life Insurance Building, the MetLife Clock Tower, the Appellate Courthouse, and the famous Flatiron Building. Rain or shine. Every Sunday at 11 am.
   New York City, NY; NYC
11:00 am
Free

Workshop | Kayaking in the Park


Glide along the water this summer and fall! Kayaking is offered throughout the summer. All levels are welcome including first-time kayakers - life vests and all equipment provided, as well as instruction. Children under 18 must have an adult guardian present.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Hike | Geology Hike


New York City is the site of ancient earth-shaking and earth-shaping events. The bedrock that anchors the city’s skyscrapers tells a story of a place going back more than a billion years. The island of Manhattan is built on three strata known as Manhattan Schist, Inwood Marble, and Fordham Gneiss. Urban Park Rangers on this hike wil show you why Manhattan rocks.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Workshop | Sun Gaze


The Amateur Astronomers Association and solar gazing return with solar telescopes specifically designed to safely look at the sun and see sunspots and prominences under a summer sky.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Discussion | Wandering Through Centuries: A Three Session Course


This discussion will interrogate the notion of wandering through some of the most beautiful and intriguing works featuring a wanderer, flâneur, or stroller. Participants will look at works from the 17th century until today, from early wanderers on their Grand Tour, to arrive at those who aren’t initially seen as wanderers or have been prevented from wandering in the past: minorities, immigrants, etc. Close readings of excerpts and viewing of clips and images will help reflect on wandering and the various tropes and themes (illusion, joy, and the surreal). In the works of Rimbaud, Zadie Smith, Sophie Calle, Christophe Honoré, among others, participants will study the techniques used to understand how wandering showcases self-discovery, artistic practice, social commentary, and/or existential quest. In this last class, participants will meander in the mind of writers of color who make room for enjoyment as well as pain in their work. The journey starts with a flâneuse, Zadie Smith, as she wanders around Italian gardens and wonders about Joy and pleasures in the last section of her collection of essays, Feel Free. In The Book of Delights, Ross Gay walks us through small daily wonders. Finally, Chen Chen invites us through a dance between laughter and gravity in When I Grow Up I Want To Be a List of Further Possibilities. Enjoyment pervades these works through wandering, wondering, walking, and gazing. Works being discussed: Zadie Smith, Feel Free (2018) Ross Gay, The Book of Delight (2020) Chen Chen, When I Grow Up I Want To Be A List of Further Possibilities (2017) Participants should plan to attend all three sessions (July 9, 16, and 23)
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:30 pm
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Book Discussion | The Island of Extraordinary Captives: A Painter, A Poet, an Heiress, and a Spy in a World War II British Internment Camp (online)


During Hitler’s rise to power in the 1930s, tens of thousands of German and Austrian Jews escaped and found refuge in Britain. After war broke out and paranoia gripped the English nation, Prime Minister Winston Churchill ordered that these innocent asylum seeks – so-called “enemy aliens” – be interned. Peter Fleischmann, who had escaped Berlin on a Kindertransport, was one such asylum seeker. He was sent to Hutchinson Camp on the Isle of Man, where he found one of history’s most astounding prison populations: renowned professors, composers, journalists, and artists. Together they created a thriving cultural community, complete with art exhibitions, lectures, musical performances, and poetry readings. The artists welcomed Peter as their pupil and forever changed the course of his life. Meanwhile, suspicions grew that a real spy was hiding among them — one connected to a vivacious heiress from Peter’s past. Simon Parkin’s new book draws from unpublished first-person accounts and newly declassified government documents to detail this untold story.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Concert | Chamber Music on the Water


A one hour performance (no intermission), including a Q & A session with the musicians. The program is announced at the performance.
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
Free

Concert | Latin Sounds in the Park


Luisito Rey and his 10-piece band La Dinamica was formed back in late 2013. La Dinamica consists of one trombone, two trumpets, piano, bass, percussion, and three awesome singers (two male vocalists and a female vocalist). They perform both originals and covers of greats who have influenced them, like El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, Ray Barretto, Frankie Ruiz, Héctor Lavoe, La Sonora Ponceña, and many more.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Poetry Reading | Poetry in the Garden


A poetry program in partnership with McNally Jackson Bookstore.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Performance | Search Party: An Interactive Performance of Poetry and More


Pick a word, any word. Prompted by audience suggestions, award-winning poet and playwright Inua Ellams (Barber Shop Chronicles, The Half-God of Rainfall) will search through his extensive archive of work and perform a reactive and spontaneous selection. Each show is unique and special. Inua's literary works include poetry, editorials, monologue, speculative fiction, essays, screen-play, stage-play, radio-play, short fiction, epigraphs and more. Search Party is an interactive performance where, entirely led by audiences and their words, Inua dives through his expansive body of work to excavate everything from fragments of half-finished work to full essays; his searching mediations on identity, displacement and destiny--re-occurring themes in his work. This event is part of 05Fest.
   New York City, NY; NYC
4:30 pm
Free

Comedy Club | Laughter in the Park


NYLaughs is back with its highly anticipated series of free summer comedy performances, offering New Yorkers a much-needed laughter intervention and the opportunity to find their own emotional support pigeons at our exciting signature Laughter in the Park pop-up events.
   New York City, NY; NYC
4:30 pm
Free

Concert | Brazilian Dance Music in the Park


Uptown Forro (pronounced "fo-haw") plays northeaster Brazilian music that celebrates the resilience of the working class, speaks of love and describes lighthearted scenes from Brazilian day-to-day life. Sing along to inviting call-and-response Coros, learn the septs of this Salsa+Tango-like dance style, and groove to its energetic percussive rhythms. Uptown Forro's mission is to showcase this lesser-known Brazilian gem, and to share its joy with people from all walks of life. Through music that celebrates the resilience of the working class, speaks of love and describes lighthearted scenes from Brazilian day-to-day life, Forro captivates audiences worldwide with its inviting call-and-response Coros, its Salsa and Tango-like dance steps, and its energetic percussive rhythms. Uptown Forro's mission is to showcase this lesser-known Brazilian gem, and to share its joy with people from all walks of life.
   New York City, NY; NYC
5:00 pm
Free

Festival | For The People: Music, Dance, and the Astor Place Cube


A dynamic evening with live music, dance, and free meals. The music that travels across genres of jazz, soul, and funk. Special performers include YahZarah and Greg Banks. They will also celebrate the return of the Astor Place Cube.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Gallery Talk | The Golden Path: Maimonides Across Eight Centuries: Exhibition Tour


Museum Director Gabriel Goldstein gives a guided tour, illuminating the life and impact of the multifaceted luminary and great Jewish sage across continents and cultures through rare manuscripts and books. Exhibition highlights include manuscripts in Maimonides’s own handwriting, a carved 11th-century door to the Torah ark from Cairo’s Ben Ezra Synagogue, and beautifully illuminated medieval manuscripts.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Concert | Pop Sounds of Taiwan


Taiwanese Waves brings the pop stylings of its homeland stateside to the park, showcasing artists with distinctly disparate takes on the form. Multihyphenate Waa Wei has worked as an actress, author, and radio DJ; the singer-songwriter released Have a Nice Day, the latest of seven solo albums, in 2021. The Dinosaur’s Skin comprises the artists Trex and Triceratops, who perform wearing dinosaur heads. Their latest tracks offer a cheeky take on synth-pop, with songs like “Neck and Neck,” “Millions of Years Apart,” and “All My Friends Are Dead.” And DJ Mr. Skin, a longtime champion of Taiwan’s brand of Mandopop, brings his Mandarin Homework party to New York.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Play | The School for Scandal: Classic Comedy in the Park


Richard Sheridan's The School for Scandal is a comedy about our love for gossip and its repercussions, a subject that is oh-so true even today. Set in the 1770's, expect fabulous costumes, make up, and a nimble cast.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
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Screening | Ficciones: Concerto for Electric Violin and Orchestra (online thru Sep. 1)


Ficciones is an immersive concert film experience featuring Roberto Sierra's newly commissioned Concerto for Electric Violin and Orchestra, which presents a mixture of Sierra's Latin-influenced ideas and modern compositional techniques through the voice of electric violinist Tracy Silverman.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Concert | Sunset Sounds on the Pier


Vibrantly danceable live music accompanied by a spectacular sunset. Featuring Galipote's high energy Caribbean rock.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Play | Hamlet: A Riveting, Present-Day Take on Shakespeare


Director Kenny Leon commands the stage with a nine-week, tour-de-force production of the Bard’s masterpiece, a riveting, contemporary present-day take on Shakespeare’s classic tale of family and betrayal, as enduring as the stars above the park.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Concert | Actress-Singer-Songwriter Performs in the Park


Called “electrifying” by The Huffington Post and “phenomenal” by The New York Times, Grace McLean is a Writer In Residence at Lincoln Center Theater where her first original musical In the Green was commissioned and produced, received a 2020 Richard Rodgers Award, and a Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical. She has had two artistic ambassadorships with the US State Department touring Pakistan (2015) and Russia (2018), and her band performed in both the 2015 and 2016 Lincoln Center American Songbook series.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Movie in a Park | Luca (2021): Human-Sea Monster Friendship


On the Italian Riviera, an unlikely but strong friendship grows between a human being and a sea monster disguised as a human. Director: Enrico Casarosa Stars: Jacob Tremblay, Jack Dylan Grazer, Emma Berman 95 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:30 pm
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Play | Malvolio: An Irreverent "Sequel" to Shakespeare's Twelfth Night -- Outdoors


It's wartime. A lowborn steward, Malvolio, has risen to the rank of general. He is determined to seek vengeance on a cast of characters who tormented him twenty years earlier. Malvolio encounters Volina, the daughter of Duke Orsino and Duchess Viola. Dismayed by the apathy of her fellow nobles, Volina tries to pass as male to join the war effort. When she falls in love with him, Malvolio is sure her ardent displays of unbridled passion and awkward love letters must be a trick. How do we get past each other's defenses? Can the right kind of love heal all wounds? Malvolio explores the difference between revenge and redemption. Written by Betty Shamieh.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:30 pm
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